From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan@helm.dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?iso-8859-1?q?Bockg=E5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: emacs -nw -f shell prompt way too blue Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:00:12 +0100 Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043542943 6834 80.91.224.249 (26 Jan 2003 01:02:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 01:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18cbBm-0001m5-00 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:02:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cbCf-0008Lv-02 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:03:17 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cbCF-0007uy-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:02:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cbAT-0006F6-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:01:04 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cbA5-0005Qv-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:00:37 -0500 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18cbA4-0007YB-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:00:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cb9r-0004yC-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:00:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eru.dd.chalmers.se ([129.16.117.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cb9q-0004vm-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:00:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eol.dd.chalmers.se (eol.dd.chalmers.se [129.16.116.9]) by eru.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0Q10JQP004269 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:00:19 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from eol.dd.chalmers.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eol.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0Q10Iib003122 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:00:19 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by eol.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0Q10EWf003121 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:00:14 +0100 (MET) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: helm.dd.chalmers.se User-Agent: Gnus/5.090013 (Oort Gnus v0.13) Emacs/21.2 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8) Cancel-Lock: sha1:d6K2VARH5xtW3HGZhAp4pJs2f+Y= X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4311 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4311 Dan Jacobson writes: > Gentlemen, I get a pleasing blue prompt when I do > $ emacs --no-site-file -q -f shell > however, with > $ emacs --no-site-file -q -f shell -nw > we're talking way too dark blue. To dark to be readable here on my > terminal where I've slightly turned the juice down 'to save the bulb', > but anyway, can't you pick a color as bright as the one when one > doesn't use -nw? Emacs doesn't know that your terminal has a dark background if you don't tell it. Try emacs --no-site-file -q --eval "(setq frame-background-mode 'dark)" -f shell -nw You have a line to that effect in your .emacs. /Johan